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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Finally made a bit of time to get the list up to date and sort out an updated species breakdown - can't believe I haven't posted one since mid-August! Anyway, it's been slow-going over the last couple of months in particular and I've only added a further 90 species (and only six so far in November). Now up to 1134. Additions since the last update are:

Taxon

Vernacular

Date Added

1045

Lathronympha strigana

(micromoth)

18/08/2013

1046

Scrobipalpa costella

(micromoth)

18/08/2013

1047

Cyclophora punctaria

Maiden's Blush

18/08/2013

1048

Polyommatus icarus

Common Blue

19/08/2013

1049

Diarsia rubi

Small Square-spot

19/08/2013

1050

Trichiura crataegi

Pale Eggar

19/08/2013

1051

Ribautiana tenerrima

(leafhopper)

20/08/2013

1052

Phyllonorycter schreberella

(micromoth)

20/08/2013

1053

Deraeocoris ruber

(bug)

20/08/2013

1054

Pulicaria dysenterica

Common Fleabane

20/08/2013

1055

Rhytisma acerinum

Sycamore Tar Spot

20/08/2013

1056

Conops quadrifasciatus

(fly)

20/08/2013

1057

Dasineura fraxini

(gall midge) [larval]

20/08/2013

1058

Xanthia icteritia

Sallow

20/08/2013

1059

Taphrina alni

Alder Tongue

20/08/2013

1060

Andricus quercuscalicis f. agamic

Knopper Gall Wasp [larval]

20/08/2013

1061

Eupontania viminalis

Pea Gall Sawfly [larval]

20/08/2013

1062

Platycheirus peltatus

(hoverfly)

20/08/2013

1063

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

20/08/2013

1064

Plusia festucae

Gold Spot

21/08/2013

1065

Batrachedra praeangusta

(micromoth)

21/08/2013

1066

Furcula furcula

Sallow Kitten

23/08/2013

1067

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

23/08/2013

1068

Cameraria ohridella

Horse-chestnut Leaf Miner

23/08/2013

1069

Aceria fraxinivorus

Cauliflower Gall Mite

24/08/2013

1070

Rhopalus subrufus

(bug)

25/08/2013

1071

Eristalis interruptus

(hoverfly)

25/08/2013

1072

Pontania proxima

Willow Redgall Sawfly [larval]

25/08/2013

1073

Crepis capillaris

Smooth Hawk's-beard

25/08/2013

1074

Neuroterus numismalis f. agamic

Silk-button Gall Wasp [ovum]

25/08/2013

1075

Dasineura urticae

(gall midge) [larval]

25/08/2013

1076

Diplolepis nervosa

Sputnik Gall Wasp [larval]

25/08/2013

1077

Diplolepis rosae

Bedeguar Gall Wasp [larval]

25/08/2013

1078

Phragmidium mucronatum

Rose Rust

25/08/2013

1079

Avena fatua

Wild-oat

25/08/2013

1080

Lapsana communis

Nipplewort

25/08/2013

1081

Persicaria maculosa

Redshank

25/08/2013

1082

Tinea trinotella

(micromoth)

25/08/2013

1083

Dichrorampha acuminatana

(micromoth)

25/08/2013

1084

Vanessa atalanta

Red Admiral

26/08/2013

1085

Aeshna cyanea

Southern Hawker

26/08/2013

1086

Cacoecimorpha pronubana

Carnation Tortrix

26/08/2013

1087

Stigmella aurella

(micromoth) [larval]

26/08/2013

1088

Eupithecia tripunctaria

White-spotted Pug

26/08/2013

1089

Ephestia parasitella unicolorella

(micromoth)

26/08/2013

1090

Eudonia angustea

(micromoth)

29/08/2013

1091

Prays fraxinella

Ash Bud Moth

02/09/2013

1092

Epinotia ramella

(micromoth)

02/09/2013

1093

Phyllonorycter strigulatella

(micromoth)

02/09/2013

1094

Dromius quadrimaculatus

(beetle)

04/09/2013

1095

Barynotus obscurus

(beetle)

05/09/2013

1096

Dolichovespula sylvestris

Tree Wasp

07/09/2013

1097

Omphaloscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

10/09/2013

1098

Stenodema calcarata

(bug)

12/09/2013

1099

Lygus rugulipennis

(bug)

12/09/2013

1100

Thera britannica

Spruce Carpet

28/09/2013

1101

Lithophane leautieri hesperica

Blair's Shoulder-knot

28/09/2013

1102

Agrochola lota

Red-line Quaker

28/09/2013

1103

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

28/09/2013

1104

Hydraecia micacea

Rosy Rustic

28/09/2013

1105

Chloroclysta siterata

Red-green Carpet

28/09/2013

1106

Thera juniperata

Juniper Carpet

28/09/2013

1107

Xanthia aurago

Barred Sallow

28/09/2013

1108

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

29/09/2013

1109

Tipula confusa

(fly)

04/10/2013

1110

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

04/10/2013

1111

Acleris sparsana

(micromoth)

04/10/2013

1112

Lithophane hepatica

Pale Pinion

04/10/2013

1113

Rhodometra sacraria

Vestal

04/10/2013

1114

Conistra ligula

Dark Chestnut

04/10/2013

1115

Agrochola macilenta

Yellow-line Quaker

04/10/2013

1116

Macrolepiota rhacodes

Shaggy Parasol

05/10/2013

1117

Acleris rhombana

Rhomboid Tortrix

05/10/2013

1118

Colotois pennaria

Feathered Thorn

08/10/2013

1119

Agrochola circellaris

Brick

08/10/2013

1120

Tipula pagana

(fly)

25/10/2013

1121

Ectoedemia occultella

(micromoth) [larval]

26/10/2013

1122

Hebeloma sacchariolens

Sweet Poisonpie

26/10/2013

1123

Coprinus micaceus

Glistening Ink-cap

26/10/2013

1124

Phyllonorycter tristrigella

(micromoth) [larval]

26/10/2013

1125

Phyllonorycter froelichiella

(micromoth) [larval]

26/10/2013

1126

Bolbitius titubans

Yellow Fieldcap

26/10/2013

1127

Psathyrella multipedata

Clustered Brittlestem

26/10/2013

1128

Coprinus comatus

Shaggy Ink-cap

26/10/2013

1129

Stropharia aeruginosa

Verdigris Agaric

03/11/2013

1130

Calocera cornea

Small Stagshorn

03/11/2013

1131

Xylaria hypoxylon

Candlesnuff

03/11/2013

1132

Rutstroemia firma

Brown Cup

03/11/2013

1133

Scutellinia scutellata

Common Eyelash

03/11/2013

1134

Poecilocampa populi

December Moth

16/11/2013

As you can see, most of the additions are moths, a few galls in August and a few fungi lately.

Of course you need to disect the galls to find the life within. Whilst I have a microscope, I can't get photos through it and my macro photography skills are beyond the smallest gall inhabitants. I picked up a cheapo USB microscope from Amazon and whilst the photo resolution is not great you can at least get something of an image. Here's a few examples:

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Update from TM0025

I’ve just hit the target figure, and what a relief it is. Maybe just a few weeks into the challenge I realised that completing it was probably beyond me (or rather beyond the person with the knowledge that I had at that time). But I have learned so much this year, about forms of life that I barely knew existed, about their relationships, about identifying them (I was reunited with dichotomous keys after a separation of over 30 years!). At the beginning of this year, I was an unhappy lawyer who watched birds; now I am someone very different, someone full of enthusiasm for every aspect of our wildlife, someone who wants to participate in its study, and someone who is trying to find work in conservation. I hope that I will get somewhere with that! The conversion is not so much a damascene conversion as one comparable to when the late John Peel realised the limitations of the Grateful Dead and found instead the diversity and vigour of the likes of The Undertones, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Joy Division! I’ve joined the Colchester Natural History Society, The Amateur Entomologists’ Society and the Essex Field Club (not a hunting organisation!). Life is good, isn’t it! (Excuse the play on words!)

For those interested, here is a pie chart showing the relative proportions of the different groups that make up the 1000.

Furthermore, 3.6% were found as occupiers of galls or leaf-mines. They included the larvae of various lepidoptera, diptera, hymenoptera, hemiptera and arachnids, and also a fungal gall (ergot).

Here is the remaining list; note that it begins with a slight adjustment from the previous numbering, because of some duplications and formatting problems in previous lists.